St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) - Mumbai
| Class Date |
Lecture |
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| Tuesday, November 22 |
Introduction. Tour of the Solar System (PDF). |
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| Tuesday, November 29 |
Time and Distance: Scales in the Universe. Keplerian Motion (PDF). | |
| Thursday, Dec 1 |
Temperature, Greenhouse, Habitable Zone (PDF). |
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| Tuesday, Dec 6 |
Atmospheric Escape. Habitable Zone (PDF) |
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| Thursday, Dec 8 |
Composition and Habitability (PDF) |
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| Tuesday, Dec 13 |
Formation, Impacts & Craters (PDF) Guest speaker: Dr. Shawn Wright, University of Pittsburgh, on Lonar Crater |
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| Thursday, Dec 15 |
Formation & Impacts II (PDF) Problem Set #1 due (Solutions, PDF) |
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| BREAK | ||
| Tuesday, Jan 10 |
Optics and Telescopes (PDF) | |
| Thursday, Jan 12 |
Exoplanet Detections: Astrometry and Radial Velocity (PDF) |
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| Tuesday, Jan 17 |
Exoplanet Detections: Transits I (PDF) |
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| Thursday, Jan 19 | Habitability of Venus Guest lecture: Dr. Sanjay Limaye, University of Wisconsin |
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| Tuesday, Jan 24 | Exoplanets Detections: Transits and Kepler (PDF) | |
| Thursday, Jan 26 | No lecture - Republic Day | |
| Tuesday, Jan 31 | Exoplanets: More Kepler Planets (PDF) Problem Set #2 due (Solutions, PDF) |
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| Thursday, Feb 2 | Astrobiology (PDF) | |
| Saturday, Feb 4 | Observing Night, SXC Terrace, 7 PM - 9 PM | |
| Thursday, Feb 9 | Formation, Internals, and Differentiation (PDF) |
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| Tuesday, Feb 14 | Movie Day: Contact | |
| Sat-Sun, Feb 25-26 | Astronomy night with Khagol Mandal CANCELED |
Rufu et al 2017. A Multiple Impact Origin for the Moon (PDF article) (PDF News & Views)
Vogt et al 2011. The Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey: A 3.1 M⊕ Planet in the Habitable Zone of the Nearby M3V Star Gliese 581 (PDF)
Lubin 2010. A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (PDF)
Anglada-Escude et al 2016. A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri (PDF)
Gillon et al 2017. Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 (PDF) (PDF News & Views)